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Say the world was about to be roasted by the sun's expansion. Nobody can get off the planet in a spaceship and survive long enough without any food. But they can send a time capsule into space for future inhabitants of Earth to intercept and find. What would you send? Are there any TV shows, inventions, weapons, jokes, artefacts, songs or ornaments you would leave for future people to find some billion years later? What few things would you send?

Myself in Cryogenic suspension.

Say the world was about to explode. Nobody can get off the planet in a spaceship and survive long enough without any food. But they can send a time capsule into space for future inhabitants of Earth to intercept and find. What would you send? Are there any TV shows, inventions, weapons, jokes, artefacts, songs or ornaments you would leave for future people to find some billion years later? What few things would you send?

But I thought the earth had blown up....?

If I could send a few objects, I'd send myself and screw the objects. I'd love to see what the earth looked like a billion years from now. And it's going to blow up anyhow, right? So what would I have to lose?

Peanut Butter Cups and Crazy Glue. But for vastly different reasons. :)

The Bible.

Myself in Cryogenic suspension.
*awards The South Islands the John Harrison Prize For Lateral Thinking*

But I thought the earth had blown up....?

No, it's going to blow up in a few days.
Fictionally..

No, it's going to blow up in a few days.
Fictionally..

Heh... yes, I was hoping you meant fictionally. ;)

What I meant was, the world is going to blow up, and you have us sending things to be found by the future inhabitants of the earth... which has blown up...

Myself in Cryogenic suspension.

But what if the people who found you had advanced and become human-eating aliens?

No, it's going to blow up in a few days.
Fictionally..
So where will the future inhabitants of Earth be living?
You haven't thought this through properly...

But what if the people who found you had advanced and become human-eating aliens?

Odds of getting blown up and dying = 100%
Odds of future inhabitants of tiny bits of rock floating around sun eating something that became extinct a billion years before: <100%

Worth the risk!

Heh... yes, I was hoping you meant fictionally. ;)

What I meant was, the world is going to blow up, and you have us sending things to be found by the future inhabitants of the earth... which has blown up...

Well, what I mean is that the Earth will not explode but be roasted by the sun which will turn into a red giant and expand, killing all of Earth's inhabitants.

Odds of getting blown up and dying = 100%
Odds of future inhabitants of tiny bits of rock floating around sun eating something that became extinct a billion years before: <100%

Worth the risk!

Well, say these aliens turned you into their slave and made you dance for their entertainment?

Odds of getting blown up and dying = 100%
Odds of future inhabitants of tiny bits of rock floating around sun eating something that became extinct a billion years before: <100%

Worth the risk!
Put it like that, it'd be worth a go.
I wonder if it would be possible to have Rachel Weisz frozen as well as yourself?

Well, say these aliens turned you into their slave and made you dance for their entertainment?

That'd be a bummer, but I'd have had no way of knowing that was going to happen a billion years before it happened, so I'd take my chances. I mean, what if they decided I was the world's nicest guy and gave me all their money, women, and finest scotch? No way of knowing beforehand. If I was sure the planet was about to get roasted and I was going to die, I'd give the dice a roll. I could get hit by a bus on Monday morning, too, but that doesn't stop me from going out of the house.

Life is a daily adventure, y'know? Think about it... every day, you miss death by a couple of seconds and you probably don't even notice.

Put it like that, it'd be worth a go.
I wonder if it would be possible to have Rachel Weisz frozen as well as yourself?

I like your style.
Is she actually English because she sounds it but her name is Austrian or something.

Put it like that, it'd be worth a go.
I wonder if it would be possible to have Rachel Weisz frozen as well as yourself?

I don't see why not... she doesn't look like she takes up a lot of room. :p

That'd be a bummer, but I'd have had no way of knowing that was going to happen a billion years before it happened, so I'd take my chances. I mean, what if they decided I was the world's nicest guy and gave me all their money, women, and finest scotch? No way of knowing beforehand. If I was sure the planet was about to get roasted and I was going to die, I'd give the dice a roll. I could get hit by a bus on Monday morning, too, but that doesn't stop me from going out of the house.

Life is a daily adventure, y'know? Think about it... every day, you miss death by a couple of seconds and you probably don't even notice.

I do.
They're all out to get me!!!
Stay back! Stay back!!!

Nobody has actually proved that cryogenic freezing works though, have they? Do you think the human anatomy could take it?

But what if the people who found you had advanced and become human-eating aliens?

Better than being blown up in a firey blast!

I would send the first series of Little Britain, a collection of the best rock songs, myself frozen and a set of guns just in case the aliens come for me.

I like your style.
Is she actually English because she sounds it but her name is Austrian or something.
She is very English. I think her dad's parents were from somewhere middle European, though. You don't just get that in America, you know...

I'd send a series of photos of mountains, ocean, forests, and so forth so at least they could know how beautiful this planet was before it got crispy-fried.

The Bible.

Now that's just mean. :p

I'd send a series of photos of mountains, ocean, forests, and so forth so at least they could know how beautiful this planet was before it got crispy-fried.

Yeah, but you'd have to miss out the great big council estates. Maybe you could leave a message to aliens telling them not to build giant metropolises.

I don't think I would tell the aliens anything. I'm going to die, I shouldn't let others benefit!

Nobody has actually proved that cryogenic freezing works though, have they? Do you think the human anatomy could take it?
I thought the freezing works fine, but it was the defrosting that was likely to cause problems?

Yea, that's what I've always figured.

Anthrax. and a nuclear warhead which goes off when the capsule is opened


if i cant be alive no one will :)

Say the world was about to be roasted by the sun's expansion. Nobody can get off the planet in a spaceship and survive long enough without any food. But they can send a time capsule into space for future inhabitants of Earth to intercept and find. What would you send? Are there any TV shows, inventions, weapons, jokes, artefacts, songs or ornaments you would leave for future people to find some billion years later? What few things would you send?
a computer with the whole of wikipedia saved on it, the encyclopedia brittanica and dictionaries from as many languages as possible from around the world also scanned and saved.
if there's time, paper copies of the whole lot too and a handy alien-language-to-english translation dictionary ;)

tv show? BBC news on dvd from the last fortnight would be a good place to start.

probably some classic books, too. maybe digital copies of the philisophical classics from plato, hobbes, etc etc

well seeing as it will take a very long time for anything to evolve again (as if the entire planet is flamed all that would survive would be microorganisms that live deep in the earths crust)

any way if this did happen wouldn't the entire atmosphere burn off anyway

and also we'd have no sun

but if there was an extinction event that was going to fry mankind but not totaly screw the earth over like your sun blowing up thing but was very bad (like the permian extinction)

then I really wouldn't bother

nothing will survive that long

even in space

and even if by some number so big we don't have it yet to one chance it did survive the chances of them finding it before they also become extinct are pretty slim

A recording of beethoven's 9th symphony.

all of beethoven if we're doing it

Nothing. Can't say that I would want to be held responsible for contaminating an alien culture, even posthumously.

all of beethoven if we're doing it


His other work is good, but nothing is as good as his 9th.

Nothing. If the sun is expanding, there aren't going to be any future inhabitants of earth. And if I'm wrong, I'd rather we not send anything for fear that future species will uncover our Britney Spears CDs and think she speaks for us all.

I wouldn't mind, we'd be dead.

I would save the three best things in the world:

1) Heavy Metal
2) A rough game of hockey
3) Canadian beer (preferrably Molson)

Not necessarily in that order

The topic needs to be better thought out.

Personally, I'd send myself in cryogenic freezing, along with my cat, all of my musical instruments, my computer, a satellite internet connection, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and a few books on Perl, PHP, and CGI so I can write NS again from outer space when I wake up. ;)

Myself frozen, the Ohio State 2002 football team, my 260 gigs of music, homemade chicken nuggets, homemade corn muffins, penecilin (sp?), a computer, and porn.

Myself frozen, the Ohio State 2002 football team, my 260 gigs of music, homemade chicken nuggets, homemade corn muffins, penecilin (sp?), a computer, and porn.

How is it that it took this long to mention porn... is it possible we are no longer obsessed with sex??? or was it just a given up until now?

The Bible.

As if living on a post-apocalyptic Earth engulfed by the Sun (wtf?) wasn't difficult enough...

The Bible.
I think someone else already suggested toilet paper...

I think someone else already suggested toilet paper...
Ooh, Burn. Which, by coincidence, will be your eternal hobby within a century or so too.

I would send this collection of the severed heads from recently slain prostitutes because someone should take care of them after all the work that went into the blood harvest.

Well, what I mean is that the Earth will not explode but be roasted by the sun which will turn into a red giant and expand, killing all of Earth's inhabitants.


Still, how eould there be any humans in the future if the earth gets destroyed and all life along with it?

Still, how eould there be any humans in the future if the earth gets destroyed and all life along with it?
They'll live in Uranus.
Now get being all logikal and answer the fucking question!

They'll live in Uranus.
Now get being all logikal and answer the fucking question!


Cheerleaders and Playboy Playmates.

Cheerleaders and Playboy Playmates.
Wouldn't they be a bit stale after a billion years?

So? I'm desparate enough.

Myself in Cryogenic suspension.

Good idea, but I refine it this way:

Myself in cryogenic suspension + as many hot chicks as can also be put on ice.

Good idea, but I refine it this way:

Myself in cryogenic suspension + as many hot chicks as can also be put on ice.

As if the chicks would do you any good after thousands of years of cold-induced genital shrinkage.

As if the chicks would do you any good after thousands of years of cold-induced genital shrinkage.

Eeeeeww....

Great, now I cant get the image of The South Islands saying "Here ya go la...OH CRAP!" outta my head

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